Chapter 7 Afternoon Calls
After lunch, Matthew also returned to the Grand House.
The midday sun was too fierce, and Grande's people stayed in Benjamin's warehouse, warm without being too hot. Matthew, as Zach thought, didn't change his attitude towards his boss at all. But he expressed some worries and expressed that if he did something wrong tomorrow, don't blame him, he needs this job.
Lola, who was just staying on the sidelines, was a little curious, "Matthew, did you do something?"
Matthew couldn't answer anything but an embarrassed smile on his face.
Zach sat in front of the stacks of hay, cosy in the shadows, occasionally sipping a sip or two of 'wine'. Only Lola, who doesn't know the truth, will roll her eyes once or twice in the middle of Zack's actions to show disdain.
"Matthew, what is today's service about?" Zach asked casually.
"A golden tree that spreads its leaves. Matthew replied.
Zach raised an eyebrow, a story from the Holy Scriptures about a shepherd who prospers and prospers his family after receiving the blessing of the Holy Lord.
Matthew roughly recounted that the sermon did not focus on good results, but about the shepherd as a "righteous" person whom the Father valued. 'Righteousness' means that he is good, that he has a pure heart, that he is able to choose the right path in his choices, such as surrendering his faith to the Father.
It was another very ordinary sermon.
Zach thought about it, and Crowley's was indeed different from some eager demons. Perhaps because she was once an angel, the content of the mission was more traditional. Before revealing the afterlife, she seems to be very focused on the hearts of the living.
We all know that everything changes under the inheritance. For example, the original werewolf alpha, the original inheritance has long since disappeared in the space of four hundred years, if not counting Papa's Midnight Riwench. In the current history of the Federation, the werewolf legacy has mostly been biased towards the alien side, such as the hatred with vampires.
But now, Benjamin seems to have started a new way of passing on, leaving behind his earliest history of guarding the Indo's homeland and skipping the process of hatred with vampires. It was just that Matthew was taught knowledge, and this method of inheritance is really a special case.
As for Crowley, such sermons are not innovations, but entirely ancient missionary practices. Although I don't want to admit it, in this era of rapid change of things, Crowley is like a clear stream......
"Did your father apply to join the Church?" Zach asked.
Matthew nodded with some distress.
"What's the trouble, the church is good!" Lola slapped Matthew on the back casually. Matthew is very young, but twenty years old, and Lola, who has become acquainted, naturally no longer pays attention to any etiquette, of course, she does not dare to do this to Benjamin.
As Benjamin himself once replied to Mrs. Patton, 'Lola just likes to hear stories about the war.' ’
Zach smiled and looked at Lola, the girl who rarely prayed at first glance, "Are you going to join in too?"
"Well, I'll forget it. Lola pursed her lips and thought for a moment, "I'm not eighteen years old, and even if I did, I guess it would only be a name at the coming-of-age ceremony." "The children of the upper class have more names.
"By the way, Lola, how is Blake?" Zach made a gossip look.
Lola rolled her eyes, the girl who had no idea about Grande's secrets, and by chance, had become an important source of gossip for Grande. However, Mrs. Patton once bluntly said that she didn't care about Lola and Grande getting along, and Zach only acquiesced to Mrs. Patton.
"What else, Mr. Stone has paid bail, and the man has been grounded. Lola pursed her lips, thought for a moment, blinked her eyes, seemed to think of something interesting, pulled Alice over, and said with a smile, "I went to see him in the morning!
I have to say that Lola has a great effect on Alice, since Lola took Alice out of Grande, Alice's mood is obviously much better, at least she won't often be alone in the corner to contribute 'nutrients' to the phantom Daniel.
Alice fanned her eyelashes curiously, "What's wrong?"
"He's stupid! The pen he used yesterday was a marker!" Lola said happily, "He wants to use his left hand to take food after a breakup, and when you look in the mirror, you see 'other people's disgusted eyes', and when you speak, you see a big 'your own words are not taken seriously'......"
Lola said happily, with a look of schadenfreude.
Zack, who has experienced it himself, imagined that picture and expressed regret for this Blake, but the smile was on his face, and the regret was in his heart, which was fleeting.
Alice was much more upright, she couldn't help laughing, and said seriously, "He can try alcohol, it should be clear." ”
Lola laughed and shook her head, "Haha, Mr. Stone won't allow him to do that, saying, 'If you want to carry someone else's hell, then you can carry it'." Haha, who knows how long he'll have to do that!"
Now everyone is really sorry, this is obviously a punishment.
"But it's nothing. Lola smiled and waved her hand, "He's going back to Barton to rest, and he hasn't had to go out lately." ”
Benjamin and Matthew didn't know who the strange Blake was, and they didn't feel any sense of involvement when everyone laughed and regretted. Benjamin just glanced at Zach in confusion, because he knew that Zach was interested in the people in that circle because of the mention of the last name 'Stone'.
Matthew is much simpler, curiously asking who is Blake?
Lola immediately became interested and began to tell about yesterday's events, mixed with an introduction to Blake Stone.
Zach listened intently.
Compared to Poch Quinn's insane darkness, Kyle Barton's rebellion (who wants to be a football player), Lola Barton's, uh, Lola. Blake Stone is the biggest nightmare for these famous children.
He's pretty much the guy who piles up all the positive words. The Stone family can proudly say, 'Proud of Blake'. Not only academically, but he even entered the political circle as a campaign staff member for the mayor of Newton.
Matthew was stunned when he listened, and Lola spoke vividly, and it could be seen that Lola liked this neighbor very much.
Zach didn't finish listening to Lola as the faint ringing of the phone rang from inside the Grande House building to the warehouse. Louise went to answer and then signaled to Zack when she returned, and Zach had to put aside his curiosity about Blake for a while and go to deal with the 'work'.
The call is from James.
"Hi James. "Zach was in a very happy mood, after meeting James yesterday, the other party had a result so quickly.
But Zach was disappointed, and the cold voice in the earpiece contrasted with Zack's pleasure, "You need to come over, the case I have in hand right now has something to do with interracialism." ”
Zach raised an eyebrow, "What happened?"
James's tone was not at all impatient, "What can happen to the case in my hands." Someone died!"
"How can you be sure it's related to the alien race?" Zach asked with a smile, James seemed to be very good at judging for himself now, and he no longer spoke in an inquiring tone.
James in the earpiece sighed visibly, "Because it was a priest who died, and someone had a line engraved on his body, 'The devil should rot in hell.'" ”
Zach frowned, thinking of the guy in the parking lot last night who didn't like to talk. But it's not right, if it was him, didn't he have a weapon to kill demons without leaving a trace? Why did he leave a trace, or even deliberately leave a message for the police to find?
"Have you contacted Crowley?" Zach asked very seriously, what do you think, this should also be Crowley's business.
"I don't want to be in contact with her. James in the earpiece replied quickly, it seems that the shadow of something is not so easy to dissolve.
"Okay, address. Zach nodded helplessly, since James asked for it, the ultimate goal was to pull James down in his circle, and Zach naturally couldn't refuse. It's just that compared to his previous coy attitude, Zach is also much more direct.
Noting down the address James had given him, Zach wanted to find Benjamin together, but the phone rang again.
Yes.
"Hi Zach. The other party's tone was relaxed.
Zach responded with a smile, this is his own person.
"I hope Zach doesn't have anything else to do tonight. The person in the earpiece said with a smile.
Zach squinted, "For the sake of friends, even if there is, you can clear it out." ”
"Haha, Zach, it's Sunday again, the regular party in the evening, will you come?" asked No, very directly.
After attending the Grey Professionals Gathering in Barton City last Sunday, Zach really didn't expect that such an itinerary would be a fixed 'show'.
"Of course. Zach replied with a smile, "I'm still worried that you won't invite me anymore since I didn't attend the follow-up event last time." "Zach was talking about the 'not gentleman' activity after the 'gentleman'. At that time, he was not in the mood, so he left early.
"Haha! How could it be!" No's laughter was loud and seemed very close, "That's your choice, in fact, most people are envious, you can have a girlfriend waiting at home!"
Zach's reason for leaving at that time was naturally Louise. With Old Hank as an example, in the face of ridicule, Zach naturally said that he had been 'occupied'.
"Okay, is it still the old place?" Zach asked with a smile.
"Yes, the same time, the same place, the same one-dollar bill. ”
Zach smiled helplessly, there were too many contrasts between No's work image and his private image. Maybe to do this kind of work, you need this kind of quality.
"Okay, then I'm looking forward to the meeting. Zach laughed and hung up.
That's the truth, because the 'General' will definitely be there.